001 — The Journey
Still finding my way.
One piece at a time.
I was born in Mexico City, but I grew up in the United States as an immigrant. As a teenager I got into graffiti and got arrested for it four times — not something I'm proud of, but that's where my love for art actually started. Doing pieces fast, before anyone noticed, taught me something I still lean on: how to do my best work in whatever time I'm given.
I didn't pick up a tattoo machine until I was 28, working a watch retail job on a cruise ship. Most of my colleagues had started at 21 and felt like they were already on the right path, so for a long time I felt behind — like I'd wasted years bouncing around the hotel industry in Cancún before that.
It wasn't until Dolce & Gabbana hired me that I understood why things happened the way they did. What stood out to them most wasn't my art — it was my customer service. That's when it clicked: I hadn't wasted that time at all. I was being prepared, in my own roundabout way, for the clients I get to work with today.
